NOTICE OF REPRIMAND WITH CONDITION (By Consent)
Case No. 00-53-GA Notice Issued: January 17, 2001 Kenneth A. Roy, P-19719, Huntington Woods, Michigan, by the Attorney Discipline Board Midland County Hearing Panel #74.
1. Reprimand; 2. Effective January 17, 2001. The respondent and the Grievance Administrator filed a stipulation for a consent order of discipline in accordance with MCR 9.115(f)(5) which was approved by the Attorney Grievance Commission and accepted by the hearing panel. Respondent offered a plea of no contest to the charges of misconduct contained in Count Three of Formal Complaint 00-53-GA, to wit: That respondent failed to deposit his client=s advance payment of fee into an interest bearing account in which no funds belonging to the respondent or his law firm were being held. Respondent=s conduct was in violation of MCR 9.104(1)-(4); and Michigan Rules of Professional Conduct 1.15(a) and (d); and 8.4(a) and (c). The parties further agreed that Counts One and Two of Formal Complaint 00-53-GA and Formal Complaint 00-81-FA be dismissed with prejudice.
Based upon the stipulation of the parties, the hearing panel ordered that respondent be reprimanded with a condition relevant to the established misconduct. Costs were assessed in the amount of $54.95.